The Ministry of Education is set to release form one placement results as well as those of the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) on Monday, January 16.
Pupils who sat for the KCPE exams will get to know which secondary schools they will be joining.
Moreover, more than 1.2 million pupils who sat their KCPE exams in 2022 will be placed in 112 national schools, 776 extra county schools, 1,301 county schools, and 6,297 sub county schools. Others will join the 1,301 private secondary schools.
The ministry’s formula also dictates that the ten top performing students from each of the 290 sub counties will get admission to the national schools of their choice, bringing to 2,900 the number of students who will get the schools they wanted.
The formula also indicates that the placement will be based on merit, equity, with affirmative action considered especially for national schools and choice.
Nonetheless, some education stakeholders have faulted the computerized placement, arguing that it disadvantages some pupils.
“The government could let Sub- County schools’ selections to be done by teachers so that they select students from schools that are within their proximity,” Kisii KUPPET Secretary-General said.
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The Ministry of Education is expected to give an update on the ongoing assessment of primary schools countrywide.
The assessment is aimed at determining which institutions will host junior secondary schools in just a week’s time.
“As teachers, we want to know what will happen to students if they say some schools are not fit to host JSS,” Meru Central KNUT Secretary General Caxton Miungi noted.
Furthermore, the Education Ministry will also be expected to clarify whether junior secondary school students will have different uniforms from the other lower classes and just how much fees parents will pay for their grade seven pupils.
